NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT vs ATI Mobility Radeon X700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT and ATI Mobility Radeon X700 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

ATI Mobility Radeon X700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 57% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 350 MHz
4.7x more texture fill rate: 13.2 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 600 MHz
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 344 vs 67

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 August 2006 vs 1 March 2005
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.2 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	344 vs 67

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X700

Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 200 vs 189

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	200 vs 189

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

344

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

189

200

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT	ATI Mobility Radeon X700
PassMark - G3D Mark	344	67
PassMark - G2D Mark	189	200

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT	ATI Mobility Radeon X700
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R400
Code name	G71	M26
Launch date	6 August 2006	1 March 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$114.95
Place in performance rating	881	882
Price now	$114.95
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	2.99
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	13.2 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	120 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Pipelines		8
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.8 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PCIe